Ghetto(s)

 

 

(1945)

Their lives are strangled with a barbed
wire gate....

They rot there starved and drained from
hate....

Now all they can do is wait…....

The stress and hunger....

Overwhelms mother and daughter....

As they await their dreaded slaughter....

The hills of ashes form in the meadows....

This is the fate of those in the ghetto.....

SS police are the cause of the death increase....

As other Jews are still in disbelief....

Suicide is their greatest desire....

But their final destination is the furnace of fire…....

(Present Day)

A red brick building, packed with black faces....

Breathing seems impossible, trapped in small spaces....

A beautiful people,

but their fate is the same....

On drugs, in jail, the grave, or in a gang....

Very few figure out

How to get out

And the ones that do

Keep to themselves

The freedom route

Shots ring out

and kill an innocent baby....

How could they place us in this situation-....

 And not expect us to go crazy?....

Adding to the misery

They hid our history

The reason we haven’t moved forward

Shouldn’t be a mystery

Thugs cockin glocks,

and fiends smoking rocks....

Tap dancing for pennies,

still stuck on the block…....

It starts with Us

If this is ever going to stop!

Time to wake up

 From this self-induced sleep

To keep us from destruction

So history doesn’t repeat…

 

 

Author's Note

thinking of making a few changes...tell me what u think

Reviews

[SmileBig :)]

Wow....I have no bad things to say about this...it's really good and so powerful! It's true, history will/does repeat itself unless we try to stop it. The "ghetto" now is like downtown streets of a bad city where everyone is going crazy, and police judge them by the color of their skin., they think theyre worse people. More destructive. A while ago, Jews were just like "the ghetto" people, getting discriminated by and locked up or whatever like the police arrest so many people each day...it's so sad how simaler it is. Well, I'm rambling, anyway terrific job!

[Sirius King]

no u weren't rambling lol u r speaking the truth!,,,, i appreciate ur comment!

[NicoDaDon]

RNS..!!

[Sirius King]

lol thanx man!

[emmy bon]

ghetto it is, you reasoned the truth, and written down the truth yet you said is still a work in progress.
hey man can't wait to read the concluding part of this poem, well done sir

[Sirius King]

ive been editing it bit by bit, so its pretty much done now, i think lol... thanx again!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

hard facts, truth, interpretation, all combined into one large poem

[Sirius King]

thank u :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Great men died for us to be free. My father was a Ojibwa/Mexican. He fought everyday to keep his respect. Men like Martin Luther King open the door for men to walk together. Sad part. Military broke the ground for equal rights. No color/race or religion in war. Just men trying to survive. You made your point in this poem. We have a long way to go for equality. Must hold on to freedom and demand equal education and opportunity or the death and hardship of many were wasted.Thank you for the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Sirius King]

as always, thank u for ur outstanding review!

[Ahmad Cox]

I really enjoyed this one. There is a lot of truth in this poem

[Sirius King]

thank u :-)

[Tate Morgan]

As I read this i couldnt help think of how the priest had so assured us there was a god .I say tell Anne Frank that fairy tale

[MachinaWriter]

An amazing comparison between the first ghettos and those of today, full of powerful, evocative language. One of the strongest poems I've read from you so far, it speaks volumes about your awareness of history and the world around you. Definitely my favorite one by you so far. 100/100

[Sirius King]

thanx man i appreciate that!

[Onyia-Ali, Kingsley Chu..]

You really paint a picture, is good.

[Sirius King]

thank u!